This was my first ever show on Broadway and I'm probably being biased but I think the West End is much more friendly. My first impression of Broadway was having my bag checked by security to make sure I was not 'smuggling' and food or dring into the theatre. I know you're not supposed to even in the West End but they just go with it. I also found out the hard way that you are not allowed to take photos before the performance when an usher threatened to take my camera off me! I wasn't even thaking photo's of the set or anything, just me and my friends! Anyway, now rant is over i will get on with the review...
The Circle Of Life is always amazing with the animals on stage especially the elephant! The Morning Report always annoys me and I don't know why, it's just one of those songs! The boy who played young Simba was a better actor than the one I saw in the West End (but this may be because he had an American accent like Simba in the film which i'm used to watching). The children in it always seem to be amazingly talented which showed in I Just Can't Wait To Be king. I love Chow Down just because I think Shenzi is always hilarious! I couldn't decide which Shenzi was better (US or UK) because they were both quite different although at first I thought UK. both my friends were trying so hard not to sing along with Hakuna Matata which was rther amusing! I always forget about Shadow Land which is really bad because I love that song! I also love Endless Night and He Lives In You (which was in my head all day before the show and all of the day after the show!) and Simba was better than in the UK although it was weird at first because in the UK he had an African accent and this time he had an American accent. In King Of Pride Rock/The Circle Of Life Reprise I was sad because I knew it was nearly finished! All the people I was with really enjoyed the show although only a few of us stood up at the end so I looked like a right plonker XD
Monday 22 February 2010
Sunday 14 February 2010
Wicked Review 13/2/10
Okay I take back everything I said about not seeing Dianne Pilkington as Glinda again because Sarah Earnshaw is AMAZING! I'm so glad I got the chance to see her as Glinda! However I was dissapointed that I missed out on a GrayShaw show by 5 hours (coz they were both on for the matinee).
The cast for the show were:
Glinda - Sarah Earnshaw (standby)
Elphaba - Alexia Khadime
Fiyero - Gregor Stewart (understudy)
Nessarose - Natalie Anderson
Boq - Alex Jessop
Doctor Dillamond/Witches father - Sean Needham (understudy)
The Wizard - Sam Kelly
Madame Morrible - Harriet Thorpe
When I got to the theatre and we sat down I was shaking (part excitement and partly because it was pouring rain outside XD) and it seemed like ages before it started. And then down came the monkeys (<3) and the curtain went up! As soon as Sarah started singing I was like whoah this woman is amazing and when the song finished I turned to my mum and said I LOVE EARNIE!! I had never seen Alexia as Elphaba either because last time I went she was ill. Her Wizard And I was amazing (but tbh I still think Ashleigh Gray is better). The only problem I had was that when she was singing her voice went from young girlish one second to really womanly the next. What Is This Feeling was really interesting because I've seen Dianne Pilkington twice and each Glinda has their own little actions and stuff. I loved Alexia mimicking Sarah coz she was really over dramatic! Dancing Through Life was very good considering Gregor has been ill the past few days and was lucky to get on stage for the two performances that day. Again, it was really weird seeing someone else other than Oli Tompsett playing Fiyero. POPULAR!! OMG this was the funniest popular ever! I literally laughed the whole way through! Sarah was really hyper and I can't even describe what she did because there are just no words for it! Sort of leaping across the stage making weird noises. 'La la laaa la, I'm gonna make you popular, squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak'! She got a massive cheer at the end! I'm Not That Girl was so emotional but I always get worried when Glinda and Fiyero run across that bridge because it doesn't seem to safe and it wobbles :S (doesn't do much for my fear of bridges!). I forgot that random bits around the theatre light up green during One Short Day because the last time I went to see it I was sitting right at the front so I didn't see all that. I always get worried that those Oz head thingys will fall over. Defying Gravity was amazing as usual but I have to say it's better when you're sitting in the stalls because Elphaba is towering over you and also the lift seemed slower than usual but maybe I was just concentrating on it too much after Lexi's lift scare? Thank Goodness was yet another brilliant performance by Sarah and in Wicked Witch of The East Natalie was really good at the bits where Nessa is angry. For Good was also very emotional and this is also one of my favourite songs from the show. Quite a few people stood up at the end including me but the people behind me were like 'oh great now I can't see' which annoyed me because they could have quite easily stood up themselves and shown some appreciation! Anyway! I went to the stage door and Alex literally ran out the door and down the street shouting hello on the way XD Natalie was next out and she signed my programme but the pen didn't work very well (trust me!) so she said to tell the others if you press it works. Luckily we found another pen and Gregor and Sam came out and signed my programme and asked if I enjoyed the show. I was like YEAAHHHHH! After a while I saw Sarah through the little window (coz I was first in line which I was quite impressed with) and accidently shouted OMG IT'S SARAH! which she heard :S She signed my programme and shuffled down the line with her millions of bags XD Then last I saw alexia an then I had to go home :( It was a really great day!! I <3 WICKED!!
The cast for the show were:
Glinda - Sarah Earnshaw (standby)
Elphaba - Alexia Khadime
Fiyero - Gregor Stewart (understudy)
Nessarose - Natalie Anderson
Boq - Alex Jessop
Doctor Dillamond/Witches father - Sean Needham (understudy)
The Wizard - Sam Kelly
Madame Morrible - Harriet Thorpe
When I got to the theatre and we sat down I was shaking (part excitement and partly because it was pouring rain outside XD) and it seemed like ages before it started. And then down came the monkeys (<3) and the curtain went up! As soon as Sarah started singing I was like whoah this woman is amazing and when the song finished I turned to my mum and said I LOVE EARNIE!! I had never seen Alexia as Elphaba either because last time I went she was ill. Her Wizard And I was amazing (but tbh I still think Ashleigh Gray is better). The only problem I had was that when she was singing her voice went from young girlish one second to really womanly the next. What Is This Feeling was really interesting because I've seen Dianne Pilkington twice and each Glinda has their own little actions and stuff. I loved Alexia mimicking Sarah coz she was really over dramatic! Dancing Through Life was very good considering Gregor has been ill the past few days and was lucky to get on stage for the two performances that day. Again, it was really weird seeing someone else other than Oli Tompsett playing Fiyero. POPULAR!! OMG this was the funniest popular ever! I literally laughed the whole way through! Sarah was really hyper and I can't even describe what she did because there are just no words for it! Sort of leaping across the stage making weird noises. 'La la laaa la, I'm gonna make you popular, squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak'! She got a massive cheer at the end! I'm Not That Girl was so emotional but I always get worried when Glinda and Fiyero run across that bridge because it doesn't seem to safe and it wobbles :S (doesn't do much for my fear of bridges!). I forgot that random bits around the theatre light up green during One Short Day because the last time I went to see it I was sitting right at the front so I didn't see all that. I always get worried that those Oz head thingys will fall over. Defying Gravity was amazing as usual but I have to say it's better when you're sitting in the stalls because Elphaba is towering over you and also the lift seemed slower than usual but maybe I was just concentrating on it too much after Lexi's lift scare? Thank Goodness was yet another brilliant performance by Sarah and in Wicked Witch of The East Natalie was really good at the bits where Nessa is angry. For Good was also very emotional and this is also one of my favourite songs from the show. Quite a few people stood up at the end including me but the people behind me were like 'oh great now I can't see' which annoyed me because they could have quite easily stood up themselves and shown some appreciation! Anyway! I went to the stage door and Alex literally ran out the door and down the street shouting hello on the way XD Natalie was next out and she signed my programme but the pen didn't work very well (trust me!) so she said to tell the others if you press it works. Luckily we found another pen and Gregor and Sam came out and signed my programme and asked if I enjoyed the show. I was like YEAAHHHHH! After a while I saw Sarah through the little window (coz I was first in line which I was quite impressed with) and accidently shouted OMG IT'S SARAH! which she heard :S She signed my programme and shuffled down the line with her millions of bags XD Then last I saw alexia an then I had to go home :( It was a really great day!! I <3 WICKED!!
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